Improvement in atjger-handles



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@fc/1 @it T. C. HENDRY, OF 'UNION POINT, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELFAND R. B. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters 'Patent No. 83,156, (lated Octoberl 20, 1868.A

IMPROVEMENT IN AUG-1E:lR-HAN'DLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Platent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T, C. HENDRY, of Union Point, in the countyofGreene, and State of Georgia, have vinvented an Improved Auger-Handle;and I do hereby declare that vthe following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,making part of this speciication Figure l being aside view of an auger,and Iof my improved handle applied thereto.'

Figure 2, a bottom view of the handle-socket.

Figure 3, a top view of the same.

Figure 4, a side view of the upper end or shank of the auger-shaft.

Figure 5, a bottom view of the head on the upper end of the auger-shank.f

Like letters desiguatecorresponding parts in all of the iigures.

The auger C is connected with the handle proper, B, by means of asocket, A, which is of peculiar construction, and in which the mainfeature of my invention consists. This socket has a vertical tube, a,throughl which the shank, c, of the Aauger-shaft passes, and in theIround aperture g of which the said round shank c ofthe shai't freelyturns. The socket also has a horizontal tube, b,- at right angles to thetube a, through which horizontal tube the handle B extends, and is heldtherein by the shank c of the nger passing through ahole,l 'a or p,transversely through it.

On the lower end of the tube a of the socket is a set of ratchet-teeth,d d, which engage with correspending teeth or projections f j', on theauger-shaft,

just below the rounded shank c thereof. These ratchet-teeth areso formedas to couple the socket to the auger when turning the handle in theright direction for boring, but to slip over the projections f j' whenturning the handle in the other direction, the

said projections corresponding in form with the ratchet-teeth, allsubstantially as represented.

auger. y'These notches and projections, which may be interchanged on thehead and socket, are preferably abrupt on both auger and-socket anotherway, though they may be abrupt only on one side, a's'with theratchet-teeth d, so that they will only couple the parts together whenthe handle is turned backward. The use of this coupling is to turn theauger for withdrawing it from the wood. There is a `hole,`p, through thecentre of the handle B, to keep the same centrally in the socket forordinary use. But there is also a hole, 1J, near one end of the handle,for use in cases When the situation-of the place for boring. is suchthat .both ends of the handle cannot be used.

This construction of handle gives the auger remarkable capabilities:

First, the auger auger, turning the handle round lution at a stroke; or

Second, the augercan be turned as with a ratchet, the handle beingcontinually held in the hands without shifting, but being vibrated, soas to repeatedly renew the hold on the auger.; or

Third, the two movements above may alternate, thereby resting theoperator; or

Foiuth, by drawing the handle B out to one side, so that the auger-shankpasses through the hole p, the auger can be used in narrow and nearlyinaccessible places, wherever a chisel can be used.

This invention is thereforeA particularly useful with bridge-builders,ship and house-carpenters, and milland round, half a revowrights.

The application of this improved handle is not to be coniined to angersalone, but it may be applied to gimlets, bit-braces, screw-(hivers,drills, wrenches, dac.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure There is suiicientspace between the upper end of the socket-tube a and the head of theauger-shanlgito made adjustable in the socket b, and the auger-shankallow the necessary up-and-down movement of the shank in the socket forcoupling and uncoupling the' socket and auger, as above specified.

The head, D, is secured to the auger-shank c by a square eye, fi, iig.5, iitting overa portion of the shank, of corresponding form and size,and by screwing a nut, h, on the shank above the head, as shown, or byany other means. v

1n the upper end of the socket-tube a is asetof radiabnotehes, l Z, intowhich projections m m on the under side of the head iit when the headand socket are brought together, by lifting' on the handle of the byLetters Patent, is

The combination of the socket A, formed by two tubes a and b, crossingeach other, with the handle B c, having a ratchet thereon, extending upthrough the tube a and handle B, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes herein specified.

In witness that the above is a true specification of my improvedauger-handle, I hereunto set my hand, this 2d day of December, 1867.

T .0. HENDRY.

Witnesses:

Grnnou T. NORMAN, Ronr. B. SMITH.

sides, so that they will couple the together, When the handle is turned1 can be used precisely as an ordinary

